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Several dead in ‘terrorist attack’ in Türkiye

The assailants targeted a key defense firm near Ankara, Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya has said.

Several people have been killed and wounded in an attack on the headquarters of a defense and aerospace company near Ankara, Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said on Wednesday.

“A terrorist attack was carried out against the Turkish Aerospace Industries Inc. (TUSAS) Ankara Kahramankazan facilities,” Yerlikaya wrote in a post on X. “Unfortunately, we have martyrs and injured people after the attack.”

Video footage shared on social media shows an explosion at the facility, while gunfire could be heard in some clips. Multiple gunmen could be seen in several videos and photos, holding rifles equipped with suppressors.

Türkiye’s NTV broadcaster said that a group of assailants arrived at the facility in a taxi during a changeover of security personnel. At least one of them detonated a bomb while the others entered the building, the network claimed.

The attackers took several hostages, according to NTV. Unconfirmed photos circulating on social media show around a dozen people held captive in a room, purportedly inside the building.

TUSAS manufactures F-16 fighter jets under license from General Dynamics, as well as a wide range of avionics devices and aircraft components for civilian and military use. The company also builds jets, attack helicopters, and drones for the Turkish military. Its largest shareholder is the Turkish Armed Forces Foundation, a state-run military research and procurement organization.

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  1. I wouldn’t trust these Turks
    The first wave of Khazars
    After what might have been a False Flag attempt on Erdogen’s life several years ago to bolster his position
    Or the Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi who was hacked to death or rather sawed up while still alive in the Saudi Embassy in Istanbul in 2018
    A beast country

    • Allies of the jews pretending to be Israel
      And doing a very bad job
      They were doing and saying the same things over 2000 years ago
      We are living under Judaism
      Political Economic Religious

  2. Lots of potential culprits here…..Turkey is in an awkward position. Getting into bed with NATO was a really bad idea and its been an on going problem….they would do well to distance themselves and end the relationship……

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